Cardfight!! Vanguard: Generations Volume 3 [Alice Secret]

Chapter 8: The Curtain Rises

It was break time.

I received a message from Shinomiya asking me to come to 2-E.

I got up and made my way to the 2nd floor, where I was abruptly stopped by Oozora in the hallway.

"Oi..."

He started approaching me with a nasty glare. I tried to shrug him off and walk past him, but Oozora slammed me into the wall, stopping me.

"Don't ignore me. How did you do it?"

"...how did I do what?"

"Pay for my expulsion."

It's finally happening, huh? I'm surprised it took the school this long to get it done. Then again, I bought it in the middle of exam season, so I guess the staff was more preoccupied with that.

"You only just found out?"

"Momiji-sensei told me this morning. When I asked who paid for it, she told me it was you."

"Yeah... it was me."

Oozora narrowed his eyes at me further. The bags under his eyes got worse as he did.

"How the hell did a Drachma dropout like you get 20 million?!"

"I don't think you calling me that insult works anymore."

"I'd watch your mouth if I were you. It's my last day of school here, so I can do whatever I want and get away with it..."

"If you're thinking about fighting me again, I'd suggest reconsidering it. Remember what happened last time?"

"You knocked me down once, but I got back up and choked you. If it weren't for that monkey Asukai, you would've been knocked out. It's clear who's stronger between the two of us."

"I was holding back. Between you and me, I'm the stronger one."

"Don't start getting cocky just because you managed to expel me! In the first place, I'm certain those private points aren't yours."

"You're right. They aren't."

"I knew it... someone's using you as a shield to cover their own ass."

Oozora growled and let me go.

"What, are you looking for them?"

"Obviously. I want to know the bastards who did this to me!"

"I wouldn't recommend it if I were you."

"Why not? If I'm being expelled, I might as well go out with a bang."

Oozora grinned, snickering mischievously.

"You'll end up regretting it."

"Ah, I'll regret it more if I don't give them a piece of my mind. Tell me, who set you up to expel me?"

"I can't."

"What do you mean you can't?"

"I physically can't. Someone anonymously donated me 10 million Pr to expel you. I don't know who they are."

"...what? They gave you 10 million?"

Oozora gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"Yeah. Do you know anyone that rich in school?"

"It's obviously someone from A Class... don't tell me, my own classmates ratted me out?"

I shrugged.

"I know as much as you do."

"What about the remaining 10 million? Who gave you that?"

"Do you really want to know that badly?"

"Yes. If you know who they are, then tell me!"